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events aimed at kids throughout the year. Visit www.williamsburgbotanicalgarden.org. Beginning in the fall, Monday Family Nights at Chick-fil-A on Mooretown Road are held 5:30-7:30 p.m. Kids, parents are invited to participate. Call 253-6464. The Williamsburg Library and the James City Library ofWeekly art classes and lessons for kids and teens are availfer kids thousands of titles to choose from. During summer, able at School of Art at WindsorMeade Marketplace, 4910 there is a popular reading program. Take part in Paws to Read. Monticello Ave. Call 206-6101; Muscarelle Museum of Art, Kids from the entire spectrum of reading levels attend once a www.wm.edu/muscarelle and This Century Art Gallery, www. month on a Sunday afternoon to read to trained therapy dogs. thiscenturyartgallery.org. Call the Williamsburg Library at 259-4040 or the James City Get active! The Williamsburg Hornets or James City Library at 259-7770, or visit www.wrl.org for more informaJaguars Youth Football or Cheerleading leagues. It’s a great tion about kids programs. way to get fit and have fun. Download forms at www.wilWant to babysit? Red Cross offers a babysitting class for ages liamsburg hornets.com or www.leaguelineup.com/welcome. 11-15. It prepares them to care for children and infants. For asp?url=jamescityjaguars more information. Fee is $85. It runs 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Call 253Each summer the Virginia Shakespeare Festival offers 0228. www.cvc.redcross.org. Click on class schedule. camps for kids 9-17. It is a great way to learn more about the National Society Children of the American Colonists Bard and have fun. Visit www.wm.edu/as/vsf/camps/ membership is open to youths birth-21 who are lineal descents Smith Memorial Baptist Church in Lightfoot sponsors from those men and women who were residents of America Upward Basketball for all interested boys and girls in when it was under foreign government as colonies and who 1st-8th grades. All kids get playing time in games. There are rendered civil or military service in an American colony prior awards given. There’s a cheerleading program too! Registration to July 4, 1776. Call 564-3729 for more information. begins in late August. Visit www.smithmemorial.org or call Kids can apply for the 2012-13 Youth Advisory Council. 565-0476. The board is comprised of students representing grades 8-12 Interested in Scouting? Contact the Girl Scout Council of in WJC Schools. It provides an excellent opportunity for kids the Colonial Coast at 757 547-4405 or www.gsccc.org. Find to speak their minds and to make changes and enhancements out about local Boy Scouting at the Colonial to the community. Call 259-5356 or visit Many of these groups Virginia Council of Boy Scouts of America at http://www.jccegov.com/communityserwww.cvcboyscouts.org. vices/youth-advisory.html are on Facebook. The Williamsburg Starz Fastpitch OrganiThe York County Board of Supervisors Check them out. zation is a non-profit group dedicated to the looks for high school students interested development of female athletes, with a mission in representing youth interests to serve on of teaching them softball and training them for competitive the York County Youth Commission. It’s a chance for kids to play in high school and beyond. Visit www.williamsburgstarz. learn about county government and participate in a variety of com. events and activities. Call 890-3500 or visit www.ycyc.info. The Junior Cotillion of Hampton Roads has offered dancSentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center offers teens ing instruction, etiquette, and social graces for young ladies a chance to serve as junior volunteers. The youths can help and gentlemen in grades 5-9 for more than 25 years. Six assist in the hospital in a variety of ways. Call the director of dances are held each year providing a fun and exciting evening volunteer services at 984-7194 to find out more. with a fast-paced and interactive instructional program. The Ecumenical Summer Music Camp is held for kids who have goal is that the social awareness, confidence, and positive selfcompleted grades 1-7. Kids participate in various music and esteem that are cultivated will last a lifetime. Call 868-3319 or craft classes. A concert is held at the end of the week showcasvisit www.dancejchr.com. ing their efforts. The camp is traditionally held the second The Williamsburg Youth League features games throughweek of July. Visit www.williamsburgumc.org, e-mail musicout the season for kids 13 and younger. The goal is to provide camp@umc.org, or call 229-1771. an opportunity for area youths to play the game. The games Kids interested in the arts can participate in a variety of local are popular events and give people a chance to take in some programs, including Backstage Productions. Register at 564games for free during the summer. They are free, fun and ob8134; Broadway Dance Arts 259-2253; Institute for Dance servers are always welcome to root on their favorite teams. 229-1717; Eastern Virginia School for the Performing Arts E-mail williamsburgbaseball@gmail.com or visit www.wil229-8535 and Virginia Regional Ballet, 229-2553. liamsburgbaseball.com for more information. Martial arts classes at Zumas Martial Arts start at about age 4 through high school. Visit www.zumasma.com or call 5646200. Williamsburg Botanical Garden program features various
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